Whether a glass worker, stained glass retailer, instructor or a jewelry designer, fish glass beads seem to be the current topic of choice. Giving a fashionable outlook to the craft, these beads define individuality with their contemporary designs. The speed and quality of the workmanship shown by artisan while making these beads is unbeatable, as if they have been doing it for hundreds of years.

Process
The practical points of glass bead making today makes it easier than ever for the average person to get set up to make glass beads. The various techniques through which fish glass beads can be manufactured range from the ancient technique of wound, to lampwork, furnaced, moisac, millefiori, blown etc. The common thing in all process is that the glass is liquefied in molten state and then given the desired shape of a fish.

Designs
Though the shape of these beads resemble that of a fish, but the bead maker put various effects to create distinct design, size and shape. Many glass artists produce unbelievably complicated beautiful designs in fish glass beads. Fish glass beads can come with raised decoration, bumps, dots, swirls in another color, sparkles, gold & silver foil, or other applied decoration.